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Yakhne-Brayne [Reading slowly and with difficulty so that the words run together in a monotone.]:“And God caused the Temple to be destroyed and said, ‘I will remember your sins and you will devour…
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David Pinski
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1906
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I do not believe in free love.
There is legal marriage, an institution based on ideas and pretenses.
A legally married wife you can divorce, but where will you run away from free love?
As for…
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Moyshe Nadir
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1915
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Amon:Proclaim to the citizens of our city that in joy and gladness we propose to marry our daughter Beruriah to the handsome Jedidiah, Sholom’s son. Our most…
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Judah Sommo
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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)
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1550
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Gellburg:How can I go back? He made a fool of me. It’s infuriating. I tell you—I never wanted to see it this way but he goes sailing around on the ocean and meanwhile I’m foreclosing Brooklyn for them…
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Arthur Miller
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New York, United States of America
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1994
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[Leidental’Sroom. Evening. Leidental. One of his fingers is bandaged.]
Leidental:[To himself.] At eight fifteen I felt I cannot any more with myself. I had: regulation misery, pain to top…
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Hanoch Levin
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1972
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Rosa:Oh, is that you, my friend . . . I was beginning to wonder why I haven’t seen you for two days; I was about to accuse you . . . I was inclined to think that you didn’t want to see…
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Maria Lerner
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1899
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Ruthka [checks the pile of clothes lying on the table]:You’ve given him enough clothes to last him for a year.
Gita:When one of our members goes away for a while, I don’t want…
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Moshe Shamir
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1948
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The exterior of Tevye’s house. A Fiddler is seated on the roof, playing. Tevye is outside the house.Tevye:A fiddler on the roof. Sounds crazy, no? But in our little village of Anatevka, you…
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Joseph Stein, Sheldon Harnick, Jerry Bock
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1964
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Benleví: [while he speaks, Sara enters with the slippers] All they do in the synagogue is talk about Ishmael.
Sara:[bent over, putting on the slippers] They seem to forget that they’re there to talk…
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Isaac Chocrón
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Caracas, Venezuela
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1963